Prepartory Meeting of the Officials of the 39th COTED (Environment and Sustainable Development)CARICOM Secretarit, 17

Members at the head table L-R Amb. Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General; the Chair of COTED, Hon Lisel Alamilla, Minister of Fisheries, Sustainable Development and Indigenous people, Belize and the Hon Robert Persaud Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Guyana	Dr the Hon. Denis Lowe, Minister of Environment and Drainage, (L) greets Ms Veda Tapping, CCS (C) and his Advisor, Mr Gordon Bispham (R)
CARICOM Secretary-General delivers opening remarks	Hon Lisel Alamilla, Chair of COTED and Minister of Sustainable Development and Indigenous People, Belize addresses the Meeting
Ms Anya Thomas, Senior Project Officer Sustainable Development, CARICOM Secretariat} briefs the CARICOM Secretary-General on procedures for the meeting	CARICOM Secretary-General in discussions with the Hon Dr. Kenneth Darroux, Minister of the Environment, Natural Resources, Physical Planning and Fisheries, Dominica
CARICOM SG shares a light moment with one of his staff members, Lucy Wilburg	Director Sustainable Development, CCS, Mr Garfield Barnwell greets Dr the Hon Denis Lowe, Minister of Environment and Drainage, Barbados
Hon. Robert Persaud, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Guyana delivers welcome remarks	Program Manager, Conference Services Mr Raghunath Mahabir CCS (L) and Ms Myrna Bernard, Officer in Charge of the Human and Social Development Directorate, CCS are very pleased with arrangements made for the Meeting
PREPARATORY MEETING OF OFFICIALS OF THE 39TH SPECIAL COTED (ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana 17- 18 April, 2012
From L-R: Mr Garfield Barnwell, Director Sustainable Development, CARICOM Secretariat; Ms Myrna Bernard, Officer-in-Charge of the Human and Social Development Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat; and Mr Travis Sinckler, Chief Environmental Officer, Ministry of Environment and Drainage, Barbados and co-Chair of the Meeting	Dr Reynold Murray, Program Manager UNDP Energy and Environment consults with Mr Collin Guiste, Climate Change Coordinator, Ministry of Environment... Dominica
Mr Raghunath Mahabir, Program Manager, Conference Services (L) ensures that University of Guyana delegates, Chrisel Shepherd (Second L) and Therese Ferguson (R) are comfortable	Ms Anya Thomas, Senior Project Officer, Sustainable Development, CCS confers with Mr Garfield Barnwell, just before the start of the meeting. Seated at the front is Ms Myrna Bernard, tweaking her presentation while waiting
Participants ensure that their colleagues in Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Suriname are visible via video conference.	GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS: Ms Myrna Bernard, confers with co-Chair of the meeting Mr Travis Sinckler
Co-Chairs Travis Sinckler (L) and Gordon Bispham (R) consult with Ms Diane Quarless (C)	SUSTAINABLE LAUGHTER: A quip from Ms Diane Quarless, Director, UN-ECLAC Sub-regional Headquarters for the Caribbean has the co-Chair, Mr Gordon Bispham, (Advisor, Ministry of Environment and Drainage, Barbados) in stitches